Production Year: 1999 - Comedy - Director: Jay Roach - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Rob Lowe, Kristen Johnston, Gia Carides, Seth Green, Robert Wagner, Elizabeth Hurley more
In his second screen adventure, British superspy Austin Powers must return to 1969, as arch-nemisis Dr. Evil has ventured back to that year and successfully stolen Austin's 'mojo'... more
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A review by Morgenhund on Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me (DVD) December 31st, 2002
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Story
Good
Characters / Performances
Good
Special Effects
Good
How does it compare to similar films?
Good
Advantages:
incredible array of extras - well thought out, good picture and sound quality
Disadvantages:
perhaps the film is the weak link
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
This year, for the first time ever, I spent Christmas away from my family, spending it in Austria rather than returning to Taunton or Shrewsbury to spend it with my family. As a result it was a very different celebration to normal, but nevertheless a very enjoyable one, with plenty of fun. Whilst the snow fell on 27th December, I got round to watching the first of my Christmas present DVDs – Austin Powers II – “The Spy who Shagged Me”. This being a DVD review, rather than an out and out film review, I do not intend to dwell overly on the plot of this film. So I will give you a very rough outline in a single paragraph and no more, before concentrating on the extras included on the DVD, as from my point of view, it is the extras on the DVD that convince you of whether you purchase the DVD or not, as well as the picture and sound quality of the film, rather than the film itself – as is the case with purchasing a video of a feature film.
Plot in one paragraph:
Austin Powers, frozen in 1967 and kept in a cryogenic state is unfrozen in the 1990s where he continues his swinging 60s way of life (Oh the care-free pre-AIDS era of swinging!). Ultimately the film once again revolves around Austin’s battle with Dr. Evil (who is also played by Mike Myers, who plays Austin himself!). This time, with the aid of a baddie of similar stature to Monty Python’s Mr. Creosote, a character known simply as Fat B’stard, Dr. Evil has stolen Austin’s mojo (the thing which gives the Sultan of swing his sixties sexy slinkiness!). Along with his sidekick, Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham), Austin battles Dr. Evil and Mini-Me who are exceptionally Blofeld and Oddjob-esque in an innuendo-packed caper in order to regain his mojo… Enough said…
The DVD:
The version I am reviewing is the Region 2 DVD.
Picture quality:
Obviously with a film only shot in 1999, there is less likely to be any remastering of the picture necessary, which makes the picture quality less important than on DVDs of feature films of yesteryear (some DVD producers sadly do not pay attention to the fact that the picture quality of an old film often could benefit from a few nips and tucks). The film is in 16:9 letterbox format, which displays well both on larger TV screens and on laptops – I tend to watch a lot of films on my laptop when on the train, plane or away on business – cheaper than pay per view on Hotel TVs! The picture quality for the film is unsurprisingly crystal clear, but then again this is probably due to the fact that the film itself is only 3 years old and therefore the picture would not need any touching up (oh behave!).
Sound quality:
The sound is Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound, which is especially noticeable when you listen to the film and extras in surround sound (as I also do on my laptop unless in an aeroplane or train!). The sound quality is particularly good when it comes to the extra music videos, contained in a hidden menu.
Deleted scenes:
Obviously the film was written to be added to and as well as the main feature there are a mind-bogglingly large number of delete scenes, which are a compromise of catastrophic clangers, comic quips and unscripted blunders (such as an espresso machine that obscures Dr. Evil’s speech and leads to him threatening to castrate the extra!). All in all the 21 deleted scenes amount to an extra 20 minutes of smutty-humour, which certainly makes interesting watching if the 91 minutes of the film. The madcap mix is definitely well worth a look at after the main features’ closing titles have rolled.
Behind the scenes:
As with many DVDs, there are several behind the scenes features, with a mini-documentary on the various influences behind the film, made up of actor sound-bites (e.g. one from Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Mike Myers and Heather Graham) footage shot showing the film process e.g. monitor footage, scenes of the costumes and choreography, interviews with cameo stars e.g. Burt “A House is not a home” Bacharach and Elvis “She” Costello. Of course if would have been very unjust to have deprived Mini-Me of a featurette, and of course they’ve not disappointed, with Mini-Me being given the treatment. The feature “A new take, a new spin” is one that gives away the films that Mike Myers has done in other films which have been melted into one to create the character of Austin Powers.
Trailers:
The DVD also contains a more generous than most surfeit of trailers, with four trailers appearing - two teasers, a theatrical trailer, as well as a trailer for Austin Powers – International Man of Mystery, which was of course the prequel to AP II.
Cameos:
Having mentioned that the cameo stars also get interviewed in the behind the scenes stuff, there is also a section on them – with filmographies of eight of the cameo stars, with a link up to the scenes that they appear in, so that you can see the appearances that they make. Another very good feature, which has clearly been well thought-out and compiled, something which is so often neglected in films.
Music Videos:
Madonna’s “Beautiful Stranger” was one of the songs that was specially recorded for the film, and there is a very raunchy video and performance by Madge on the DVD – well worth watching everyone’s favourite naughty forty with Austin in his Shaguar… Ooh! Behave!!!! There is a full-length video, which is well worth a watch, and you can see why Madonna still turns heads.
Lenny Kravitz’s song “American Woman” is another song to be included with a full video, with an overdose of the Stars & Stripes throughout the video, interspersed with Lenny’s trademark guitar skills on the Flying Vee that he first used in the song “Are you going to go my way” back in 1993. Again it’s a lust-charged video – fully in-keeping with the film it is accompanying.
The third extra audio track is Mel G’s track filmed in Doctor Evil’s moon-base, which sees Mel G (Scary Spice) dressed up as a cross between a satellite and a robot, with dancing cameos from Mini-Me. The track is fairly typical of her, and is not really anything to write home about on its own, although it is still quite a cool little extra.
The case:
The box contains the standard blurb and information about the film, whilst the inlay card contains details of the scene selection, the individual deleted scenes and details of the extra features.
Price:
Obviously I got this one as a present, so don’t not how much my sister paid for it, although I had suggested she try play.com where the film is currently on offer for an amazing £7.49 (ca. €12) delivered within the UK, which is hard to beat if you ask me!
Other miscellaneous info:
Certificate: 12 (UK), 16 (Ireland) New Line Home Video EDV 9046
Conclusion:
I loved the film and loved the features even more – they gave me a closer inspection of the finer intricacies of the film that I missed when watching the main first time round. One thing I would recommend if you watch the film with other film buffs is to try and work out how many other films the film takes off (Russ Meyer meets Barbarella meets Goldfinger etc…). And of course, it might inspire you to refind your mojo, as it did me, where I promptly headed off to a party and had the best laugh and most fun I’ve had a in a long, long time – definitely a feel-good film with feel-even-better extras. Grrrrrrrr! Even the stars comment that some of the deleted scenes are now better known that the main feature – definite proof that the deleted scenes are well worth watching! Whilst the film might struggle to hang-in at four out of five, the DVD itself compensates for it and makes this a 5 out of 5 DVD.
Advantages: Supremely funny throughout. Myers is great as three of the top characters. Good sound track. Probably improves upon the original which is noval for a sequel. Disadvantages: maybe just a tad too similiar to the original
...it was not actually until Austin Powers was first shown on channel 4 that I first saw it. However it was well worth the wait as it is one very, very funny film. So funny in fact that it encouraged me to go out and buy the sequel soon after. This is a rarity for me, I only own about 10 films on video, but I am glad that I did folk out the cash as the film equals if not improves upon the original.
The Spy Who... is, of course, a comedy and just like ... ...the 2 main characters - Austin Powers and his arch enemy Dr Evil. He also plays an addition character in this film in the form of Fat bas***d.
Powers himself is a ‘spy' working for the ministry of defence. Originally from the sixties he now lives in the nineties due to being frozen in order to prevent Dr Evil from taking over the world in the future (watch the first film for more details on this). Although Austin is now a citizen of the nineties ...
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...as with James Bond, the Austin Powers creators were faced with the challenge of how to beat the first film. While Bond followed Dr No with From Russia With Love, Austin Powers followed International Man of Mystery with The Spy Who Shagged Me. Could Austin beat the beast that is sequel hell or would everyone's favourite shag-a-holic end up being a total square?
Returning from his deep space exile, Dr Evil once more plots the downfall of mankind but ... ...back to 1969, and steal Austin Powers' mojo. With a lagging libido and no attractiveness to women, Powers would be helpless and the world would be forced to pay a hefty ransom less they face the awesome lethality of The Alan Parsons Project (aka a giant "laser"). With 1969 Austin frozen in cryo-genic suspension, Dr Evil's agents are easily able to steal the mythical mojo and reduce 1999 Austin to a shadow of his former self. What's an agent to do? ...
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Shagadelic Review ofAustin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me (DVD)by
drusilla
Advantages: Hilarious Disadvantages: Some crude jokes
...100 billion dollars. To prevent Austin getting in the way he goes back in time to steal the frozen Austin’s mojo (his “essence of life”).
Luckily, Austin has also been built a time travelling device allowing him to go back to 1969 to get his mojo back and save the world.
The film follows on from the first Austin Powers movie, with Austin on his honeymoon with Vanessa (Liz Hurley), who turns out to be a robot with machine gun breasts. When I first ... ...but I still understood it all and enjoyed it. The storyline is so simple that you certainly don’t need to have seen the ‘Austin Powers – International Man of Mystery’
‘The Spy That Shagged Me’ also sees the return of Scott (Seth Green), Dr. Evil’s bratty son, who spends most of the film sneering at his Father’s daft plans to take over the world and who, I might mention, is very cute. ;) The other characters are original, but very silly. Scott is ...
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Advantages: Myers, Funny, Soundtrack Disadvantages: Myers' third Character, one or two jokes that were used before
...another op.
~Characters~
Austin Power
Powers is a British Spy from the sixties who when he managed to rid the world of his arch nemesis Dr Evil volunteered to go into deep freeze in case he ever returned. He is gradually adapting to the 90s and still clings to the sixties in his dress, sexual attitudes and lifestyle.
Victoria Kensington
The daughter of his original crime-fighting partner. Victoria is an oxford graduate best described as academic, ... ...secret service responsible for providing Austin with his assignments and as the time frame changes so do the length of his hair.
Dr Evil
Austin's arch nemesis who constantly holds the world to ransom with nuclear weapons. As the show starts he is trying to achieve a lasting relationship with his son courtesy of the Jerry Springer Show. He is constantly finding more foolish ways to attempt to kill Powers that enable him to easily escape, much to ...
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Advantages: Very, very funny Disadvantages: Not the best one to watch if you don't liek your humour crude
...second outing for 1960’s super-spy Austin Powers. His character is born out of the Bond era but Myers uses it as a parody. It is completely over the top and politically incorrect throughout. The fact that Austin Powers is supposed to be a sex symbol in itself is ludicrous (check out the yellow teeth and the chest hair!). You only have to watch the opening (naked romp) sequence to this film to get a feel of how serious it’s going to be! ... ...to the 1969 to steal Austin Power’s mojo (supposedly his sex-drive?!). Without it he is powerless so nips back in time himself with a similar machine provided by the British secret service (how convenient!). What ensues then is farcial adventure with Powers trying to recover his mojo, meeting up with various weird (and wonderfully named!) characters en route. Don’t expect anything ground breaking here. It’s just a great comedy and ...
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Advantages: Brilliantly done and fantastic characters Disadvantages: If you don't like the 60's and Mike Myers
...gun jubblies', only using his mojo he finds their weakness and makes their heads explode. Those of you who have a soft spot for Mike Myers might find the same happening to you.
With the success of the first film under his belt and an everystory formula set, a sequel was always coming and this time it would be; AustinPowers: The SpyWhoShaggedMe. The title may sound more saucy than the previous, however with the wide spread appeal of AustinPowers it was obviously seen as a good commercial decision to bring the age certificate for the film down from 15 to 12. The characters had been introduced and established, therefore there was a lot they could do with this film and I'm glad to say they did it well!
To kick-off we start where the last film left us on Vanessa and Austin's wedding night, only Liz Hurley hadn't signed on for two...
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Advantages: Very Funny Disadvantages: Only one of the films is rated 15 and the box set is rated 15
...AustinPowersDVD Box Set
With three separate dvds this was a very well recieved christmas present. They were definately the best films that i saw last year. AustinPowers is a spoof of James Bond and the films have brilliant plots and excellent jokes. When i was ill it really did make me feel a lot better. The box set is rated 15 but two of the three DVDs suitable for people 12 years old. For these prices i would say that they were bargains, and i just cant get enough. Each film includes film commentaries and deleted scenes. There are 7 music videos over 2 DVDs (none on the other) and biographies of the cast on 2 of the DVDs. I would reccomend this DVD box set to anyone with a good sence of humor!...
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In his second screen adventure, British superspy Austin Powers must return to 1969, as arch-nemisis Dr. Evil has ventured back to that year and successfully stolen Austin's 'mojo' (libido!) and set up an ultrapowerful cannon and aimed it at the Earth. With the help of gorgeous agent Felicity Shagwell, the newly single Austin must now not only contend with Dr. Evil, but also Evil's vicious, pint-size attack-clone, Mini-Me. Also in this installment, Evil's son, Scott, finds out who his mother is and Mike Myers stars as a third character, rotund Scotsman Fat Bastard. More raucous fun in the spirit of its 1997 smash predecessor.
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Commentary, Theatrical Trailers, Cast And Crew, Cameos, Music Videos, Behind The Scenes, Deleted Scenes, Hidden Menu
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
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Review: "...A truly devilish contraption....A spoof so affectionate as to buttress effectively that which it sets out to ridicule..." (Sight and Sound, p.39-40, 01/08/1999)
"...[A] saucy '60s spy spoof..." -- 3 out of 4 stars (USA Today, p.12D, 02/05/1997)
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